New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-01
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ho,rt. w.rm;uy how laugh NC wing are these
saimx ace of Thackoray Ia HIS letters puonsneo In
scrbner'."! surciy there never lived another
man with an epstoary style 80 winning. 20 sunsnny'
~ unnremeaitated. Every line will be cherished,
detail OF the absurd sketches full OF character
and Of fun will be dear to the heart OF the true lover
81 the great Eueshman: yet we venture TO say tnat
Shat true lover as rs reads rememoe,s and is
halt sorry for his pleasure IN these innitspie
Mr. Washburne has shown his excellent literary
powers again in his paper in scrbners Oh 'ne
1ownfall Of the Commune Parts OF his story-and
esoeciaiy that relating the imprisonment ana death
a. Archbishop Darboy--are told with Characteristic
simplicity and fine feeIng
The nth of Mr.. Gladden's :" Forum" paper en-
Socialism and Unsoeialism Is Mr. Lidgewicks
theory that instead guaranteeing to evory MAI the
use of all his own powers exclusively for his own well
fare he should be trained to those powers for the
general welfare Perhaps this ideal Christianity may
In future ages DC translated into political economy Ii
u not altogether impossible that men may find out
that the bond OF brotherhood s polite al well as
noble one. But ii will be slow training that Will
bring them to that point. Legislative enactment ana
the hatebres ding boy colt will not cultvat; the spirit
OF orother love and sas s, nG IN
men TO their powers tor the general weiiare'
A refreshing dose of common sense concerning the
hydrophobia bugbear is to be ionnd III DE- op''zkas
article in The Forum" ALI timid ana mag ihatiVe
people ought to read his conclusions He states with
careful GOODNESS and accuracy the results OF NJ.
Pssteur's experiments it is record which to an un-
preu diced reader would seem to present the French
biologist in the light OF crazy quack rather IN that
II practical man Of science. The end OF Dr. SpitEkas
,nncr is we'll worth quoting: I" The moral management
If persons bitten by suspicious dogs is a most i'm
portant feature. number of cases are on record In
which patients suffering from the most agoniz,ng
Jymptoms OF rabies recovered on nearing that the
log that bit them was alive and well. On eliminating
he OF spurious and improperly designated rabies
from the mortuary tables the number OF rea cases VIII
L. thaa ,firac uhaef nj
ventiOn and treatment OF rabies in man will seem an
inslg .eant problem as compared With that relating
% the part borne 6v domestic animals IN convey, Gym
The deaths from which diseases in any gwen day ex-
seed hundrediold hole years mortality through
rabies
The Coincide Francaise is fruitful subject-one uu
usually susceptible of witty and picturesque treatment
In the way of anecdote and description Mr. Theodore
Child in his Harper article has not awaited himself
OF its possibilities but he has presented es
interesting and richly illustrated account OF the
greatest theatre i'll the world.
Why do so many of the makers OF eurront literature
neglect the of tue tiny anecdoe, the stray bit OF
conversation the noting OF manner OF habit OF TRAIT
that really reveal the lite and thought OF the time
Some of them evidently think 1t work beneath their
powers as Literary men YET II Is IN inc pages Oh
such chronicIers that social history is found.
There is in the current Lppiucott study OF
character so clever in its way that IT deserves more
than one reading 1t is called My Ladys Maid" and
II porira,s with remarkable fidelity and humor girl
OF tie Maud Mctchen type Its incidental revelations
of American social oddities are a. amusing as is the
portrait of its her If the sketch does not exhibit
an experience. it proves that its anhor is an
unusually prom sing student OF American life.
An English journalist calls DIR. Holmes an sever
green veteran, and the reader OF the second install
ment the Doctors London journal will heartily echo
the epithet. Bright and fresh and full Of enjoyment
are these pages and it ia a lucky Atlantic that
prints tt ea aud an amiable Atlantic that gives us
with them etched portrait of the most beloved ana
honOred OF doctors.
In the course of The Atlantcs" article on
Dowden's Shelley" there are some agreeaby ,igor-
Gus remarks on the selfish grasping and underlined
people who, throughout his life surrounded and
ormeBted the poet. 1t impossible TO read Dowdens
calm account OF GCdwns relations with Shelley with
out a burning contempt for tie former. Never did a
man dsassoeiate preaching and practice more com
pletely than God win and in his dealings with his
ion-in-law he was little better than heartless
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